Banksy Painting on Pollard Street

From the Ridiculous to the Sublime

Wishing you all a very happy New Year! We’re all thankfully still here despite any 2012 predictions to the contrary. I hope you managed to have some time out of your usual routine for some rejuvenation and a fresh view. For myself, I’ve taken time out over the holiday period for a writing retreat, working…

Chris Parish Phone Booth

Here Comes the Sun!

Roll Up! Roll Up! To the final 36 hours of the Magical Meditation Tour I need your help! I have been Keeping Calm and Meditating in many of London’s popular hotspots over the last two weeks, and I would greatly appreciate your sponsorship. I have 36 hours of my tour to go before I join a Festival…

Chris Parish at Somerset House

There’s Nothing You Can Do that Can’t be Done

Roll Up! Roll Up! To the last 2 days of the Magical Meditation Tour I need your help! I have been Keeping Calm and Meditating in many of London’s popular hotspots over the last two weeks, and I would greatly appreciate your sponsorship. I have 2 days of my tour to go before I join a Festival…

Chris Parish in busy London

With a Little Help from My Friends!

Roll Up! Roll Up! To the Magical Meditation Tour where anything is possible I need your help! I’ve been Keeping Calm and Meditating in many of London’s popular hotspots over the past two weeks, and I would greatly appreciate your sponsorship. I have 3 days of my tour to go before I join a Festival…

Chris on the side of the Bus

Roll Up! Roll Up! For the Magical Meditation Tour of London!

Chris Parish, the Executive Director here at EnlightenNext UK, is busy Keeping Calm and Meditating in many of London’s popular hotspots. Please jump on board! Your generous donations will enable Chris to move on to each hotspot. Chris’ goal is to make £2000, or more, for the Educational work of Enlightennext UK (Charity Registration No….

Chris floating London Westminster

Meditation?

“You may as well just go off and play golf instead [of wasting your time]“, was what one famous spiritual authority said in reference to the notion of people deliberately practicing meditation. Each summer I would attend his lectures and hear a similar message, and each summer I would go through an existential crisis. You…

oak-tree

Tomorrow Never Knows

When I was a boy growing up in the suburbs of north London, I would at times have a vague yet nagging sense that something is missing, of feeling confined and out of sorts. There was a big oak tree on the edge of our garden and when this strange mood came over me, I…

Romantic Relationships

The Big Promise of Romantic Relationships

I’ve got romantic and sexual relationships on my mind. No, I’m not looking personally – I’ve been happily married for years – but rather, what do these relationships mean for us today? 17th Century Advice for a 21st Century Wedding Last week I was invited to a marriage ceremony for two dear friends of mine….

Announcing Year 1 of EnlightenNext’s Ground-Breaking Development Programme

Everybody’s talking about evolution these days…but how does one consciously evolve yourSelf? Here at EnlightenNext we pride ourselves on having pioneered a unique developmental model that actually works. In the words of a recent participant: “My spiritual clarity and confidence have grown significantly. When you’ve been searching to be a part of something that can…